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The Office of Management and Budget signed off on parts of the FCC’s May 24, 2012, order allowing Medical Body Area Networks (MBANs) in the 2360-2400 MHz band, and the rules took full effect Friday, said an FCC notice in…

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the Federal Register (http://1.usa.gov/1cFBQTQ). The notice said OMB signed off on Sections 95.1215(c), 95.1217(a)(3), 95.1223 and 95.1225 of the rules in October. OMB examined reporting requirements, third-party disclosure requirements and recordkeeping requirements of the order under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OMB decided the total annual burden for compliance was 9,120 hours at an annual cost of $462,600. A wireless industry lawyer told us Friday that industry is waiting for a resolution of various recon petitions and a further notice on MBANs “to be resolved before developing equipment."